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MKSAP Quiz: a 1-week history of paresthesias

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Updated guidelines issued for fall prevention in the elderly

Updated guidelines issued for fall prevention in the elderly

Behavioral therapy reduces incontinence after radical prostatectomy

Behavioral therapy reduces incontinence after radical prostatectomy

Prescription acetaminophen gets new limit, warnings

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Depression quality improvement program seeks participantsCall for fall 2011 Board of Governors resolutionsClinical skills proposals for Internal Medicine 2012 wanted

Depression quality improvement program seeks participants

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Call for fall 2011 Board of Governors resolutions

The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2011 Board of Governors meeting is Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves it.

Clinical skills proposals for Internal Medicine 2012 wanted

The Clinical Skills Subcommittee (CSSC) is now accepting proposals for Internal Medicine 2012, to be held April 19-21, 2012. The CSSC welcomes all proposals but places a priority on interactive workshops that focus on the acquisition or improvement of physical examination skills, communication skills, and procedural skills. The CSSC is most interested in workshops that have a high likelihood of changing physician behavior using proven teaching techniques or new and innovative teaching strategies that have yet to be tested.

And the winner is …

ACP InternistWeekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.